Candace Owens Quotes

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power.

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in a modified form, then the system must still be attacked until that injustice is eradicated.

Social change can be painful for all involved—oppressor and oppressed.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

As the oppressor minority subordinates and dominates the majority, it must divide it and keep it divided in order to remain in power.

It is necessary to be very intelligent in the work of oppression.

I don't believe that the meek will inherit the earth; The meek get ignored and trampled.

I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.

The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.

It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things.

Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.

What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it.

The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist.

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

Some people are by nature slaves and will always be so.

When you're talking about an authority figure oppressing against people, it's the people that hold that authority figure up. If you want to get free of this bondage, then we need to think about ways to free ourselves rather than looking to the oppressors to free us.

If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.

What are your masses [of humanity] but mud to be ground underfoot, fuel to be burned for those who deserve it?

A heavy aristocracy and corruption are two bridles in the mouths of a people which will prevent them from making any effectual efforts against their masters.